I’m Karla, a PhD student in the Language and Multilingualism Lab. I earned my Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. My research examines how multilingualism interacts with both textual factors and individual differences in language use to shape multiple levels of reading: from semantic activation to inference making and decision making about textual information. I am also interested in identifying which factors most strongly influence how multilinguals process accurate and misleading information across languages, with the goal of informing the design of more effective science communication materials, such as climate change messaging. I use a combination of behavioral and eye-tracking methods, focusing primarily on English–French and Spanish–English bilinguals.